內容提要
ContemporaryMedicalAcupunctureaimstobridgethegapbetweenclassicalacupuncturetherapyandcontemporarymedicinetoachievetheirultimateintegration.Basedonupdatedreviewsandsystematicanalyses,themeridiansare actuallysystemsofphysiologicalandpathologicalreflexesinthebody,and acupuncturetherapyisatypeofreflexotherapy.Inthebook,anovelconceptcalled wholebodyreflexzonesisproposed,whichmayefficientlyinheritandclarifythe meridiansystem.Thesystemsmethodology,togetherwiththeauthors'clinical expertiseof40years,isappliedtoraisethereproducibilityofeffectivenessin treatingvariousindicationsofacupuncture,especiallyintractablecases.
Outstandingfeaturesofthebookareitsincisiveandconcretedescriptionsabouttheoriesandtechniquesofclinicalacupuncture,anovelsystemsapproach,anda greatdealofcasestudies.Itisanadvanced,practical,andvaluableresourcefor anyacupuncturepractitionerinterestedinsharpeningclinicalskills,aswellasan essentialandcomprehensivetextformedicaldoctorsandotherhealthcare professionalswhodesiretolearntheessenceofmedicalacupunctureandintegrate
itintotheigeneralpractice.
目錄
PARTONESCIENTIFICBASESOFACUPUNCTURE
CHAPTER1CHALLENGESINADVANCINGCLASSICALACUPUNCTURE
1.1THECURRENTSTATEOFACUPUNCTURETHERAPY
1.2 METHODSOFSTUDYINGCOMPLICATEDSYSTEMS
1.3 MODERNEXPRESSIONOFANCIENTTERMINOLOGY
1.4ASYSTEMICVIEWOFMEDICALACUPUNCTURE
CHAPTER2REFLEXARCS:BASISOFACUPUNCTURE
2.1HOMEOSTASISANDREFLEX
2.2STIMULATIONSIGNALSOFACUPUNCTURE
2.3TISSUESTRUCTURESANDSENSORYRECEPTORSOFACUPOINTS
2.4AFFERENTPATHWAYSOFNEEDLINGSENSATIONS
2.5STRETCHREFLEXANDREACTIONSAROUNDNEEDLES
2.6INPUTLOCATIONSOFACUPUNCTURESTIMULATIONS
2.7REFLEXCENTERSANDAUTONOMICEFFERENTPATHSOFACUPUNCTURE
2.8LONGREFLEXESOFNERVE-HUMORALREGULATION
2.9THERAPEUTICFUNCTIONSOFACUPUNCTURE
2.10ACUPUNCTUREANESTHESIA
CHAPTER3REFLEXZONES:ESSENCEOFTHEMERIDIANS
3.1CONTEMPORARYSTUDIESOFTHEMERIDIANPHENOMENA
3.2REFERREDPAINANDVISCERA-BODYSURFACECORRELATION
3.3RADIATINGPAINANDBODYSURFACE-BODYSURFACECORRELATION
3.4REVOLUTIONIZETHEMERIDIANTHEORY
3.5REFLEXZONE:ASUBSTITUTABLECONCEPTFORTHEMERIDIAN
3.6FORMATIONOFREFLEXZONESORTHEMERIDIANS
3.7CLASSIFICATIONANDDISTRIBUTIONRULESOFREFLEXZONES
3.8RELATIONSHIPSBETWEENREFLEXZONESANDTHEMERIDIANS
3.9LOCALOVERLAPPINGANDLAYERINGOFREFLEXZONES
3.10RELATIONSHIPSBETWEENMICROANDMACROREFLEXZONES
3.11ASIMPLIFIEDMODELOFREFLEXZONESORTHEMERIDIANS
3.12REFLEXOTHERAPY:THEASCRIPTIONOFACUPUNCTURE
CHAPTER4MECHANISMSOFACUPUNCTUREFUNCTIONS
4.1RELATIVESPECIFICITYINACTIONSOFACUPOINTS
4.2MECHANISMSOFREGULATORYFUNCTIONSOFACUPUNCTURE
4.3MECHANISMSOFACUPUNCTUREANALGESIA
4.4 MECHANISMSOFACUPUNCTUREREHABILITATION
CHAPTER5MECHANISMSOFPROPAGATIONOFNEEDLINGSENSATIONS
5.1CLASSIFICATIONOFPROPAGATIONOFNEEDLINGSENSATIONS
5.2PROPAGATIONOFEXCITATIONINSIDENERVOUSCENTERS
5.3ACTIVATIONOFPERIPHERALFACTORS
5.4HYPOTHESIS:PROPAGATIONOFMUSCLETENSIONWAVES
5.5HYPOTHESIS:TRANSMISSIONAMONGSENSORYNERVEENDINGS
5.6HYPOTHESIS:THERETRIEVALOFSENSORYMEMORY
PARTTWOSYSTEMICMETHODOLOGYOFACUPUNCTURE
CHAPTER6BLACKBOXOFTHEPATIENT
CHAPTER7GATHERINGREFLEXINFORMATIONFROMTHEBODYSURFACE
7.1 SKINTEMPERATURE
7.2 APPEARANCEANDTENSIONOFLOCALSOFTTISSUES
7.3TENDERSPOTS
7.4 ELECTRICALRESISTANCEOFTHESKIN
CHAPTER8INPUTOFINTERVENINGINFORMATIONOFACUPUNCTURE
8.1OPTIMALSTIMULATIONLOCATIONS
8.2TYPESOFSTIMULATION
8.3 INTENSITYANDDURATIONOFSTIMULATION
8.4STIMULATIONFEATURESOFBASICNEEDLINGMETHODS
8.5PROPERTIESANDGENERATIONSOFNEEDLINGSENSATIONS
8.6 SEPARATIONOFEFFECTSANDNEEDLINGSENSATIONS
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